Prior
Opinions
U.S. Court
of Appeals - Fed Circuit Decided December 14, 1995
U.S. Court
of Appeals - Fed Circuit Order: June 9, 1997
U.S.
Court of Appeals - Fed Circuit Decided April 19, 1999
U.S.
Court of Appeals - Fed Circuit Order: August 20, 1999
U.S.
Court of Appeals - Fed Circuit Decided November 29, 2000
Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments
Petitioner
(Petition) (PDF)
Respondent
(Petition) (PDF)
Petitioner's
Reply (Petition) (PDF)
Petitioner
(Brief) (PDF)
Respondent
(Brief) (PDF)
Petitioner's
Reply (PDF)
Supreme
Court Oral Argument (PDF)
Amicus Briefs
Support for Festo
American
Intellectual Property Law Association (Petition) (PDF)
Association
of Patent Law Firms (Petition) (PDF)
Chiron
Corporation et al. (Petition) (PDF)
Chamber
of Commerce of the United States (Petition) (PDF)
Federal
Circuit Bar Association (Petition) (PDF)
Intellectual
Property Creators (Petition) (PDF)
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology et al. (Petition) (PDF)
Minnesota
Mining and Manufacturing Company et al. (Petition) (PDF)
American
Bar Association (PDF)
American
Intellectual Property Law Association (PDF)
Asta
Medica Aktiengesellschaft (PDF)
Bose
Corporation (PDF)
Celltech
Group PLC (PDF)
Chiron
Corporation (PDF)
Houston
Intellectual Property Law Association (PDF)
Federal
Circuit Bar Association (PDF)
Fédération
Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (PDF)
Intellectual
Property Creators et al. (PDF)
Litton
Systems, Inc. (PDF)
Minnesota
Mining and Manufacturing Company et al. (PDF)
National
Bar Association (PDF)
National
Intellectual Property Law Institute (PDF)
Philadelphia
Intellectual Property Law Association (PDF)
Support for Shoketsu
Applera
Corporation (Petition) (PDF)
International
Business Machines Corporation et al. (Petition) (PDF)
Consumer
Project on Technology (PDF)
Intel
Corporation et al. (PDF)
Other
Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - United States of America (PDF)
Intellectual
Property Law Association of Chicago (PDF)
Sean
Patrick Suiter (PDF)
Vincent
P. Tassinari (PDF)
Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation et al. (Reversal) (PDF)
United
States (Vacatur and Remand) (PDF)
Articles & Commentary
Supreme
Court Gives Patent Holders the Edge in Battle Against Infringers, Patent
Cafe (June 2002)
On
'Festo': Restoring Balance, Law.com (June 2002)
Patent
Rescue, Law.com (June 2002)
Biotech Patents
Fester After Festo, RedHerring.com (May 2001)
Festo:
A Case Contravening the Convergence of Doctrine of Equivalents Jurisprudence
in Germany, the United Kingdom,
and the United States, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
(2002)
Other References
Supreme Court Docket
The Patent Cribsheet
Medill
School of Journalism
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